Originally posted by Tas Thanks Tas, yeh I saw that, wondered if anyone here might use it and can give first hand experience of it.
I'm thinking that might be overkill for me.
Originally posted by Adam Every key on the keyboard is assignable through software, and just about any function in PS/LR can be mapped to a hotkey combination through the menu, so you don't really need any special hardware for this
I have keyboard shortcuts memorized for common things such as cropping, rotating, resizing, levels, saving, closing, and saving for the web, which greatly speeds things up. Photoshop's actions are also great for automating routine tasks.
However I'm not too picky with keyboards, so I don't have any specific recommendations there.
Right now it's new keyboard time, currently this one is too loud to type on, Mrs Banner has had enough and wants me to use a quieter one.
This is my current one;
Logitech K480 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard | JB Hi-Fi and it's loud as hell. It wasn't always my main board, it replaced it a few years back, I can't recall where I grabbed this one from only it was really cheep at the time so was absorbed into my never ending pile of tech. Functionality wise its ok, I actually do use the dock part and leave a tablet and phone sitting there, and using the dial switch and type on the phone or tablet for stuff, handy at times. I miss it not having a numpad however which led me to try this fella at JB Hifi today;
Logitech K780 Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard | JB Hi-Fi (was actually $78).
I nearly walked away with it, it's super quiet to use and has the dock space as well as toggling bluetooth and also a numpad. So it's ticking a few boxes. Grabbing this and a Wacom might be what I end up doing, however I do wonder...
I have a long history of playing computer games, first person shooters, the kind you use mouse to move and look around. I even playing semi competitively and the 'clan' I formed in 2006 actually went on to win nation wide comps in certain game titles. Suffice to say I don't feel too awkward using a mouse for the brush strokes so I'm not sure about the wacom either.
I can't help feel that the
Logitech Craft might be what I'm after. One hand on the dial, the other the mouse, I think I would be content with selecting certain things (such as exposure), and instead of messing with sliders just turn the knob, that alone I think would speed up a lot of the work flow. Pricey tho... $240AUD is the cheapest I can find it and have not found anywhere nearby to demo it.
I tried a gaming keyboard that was supposed to be 'silent keys' but seeing as it's still mechanical keyboard it was still very noisy with key presses, so I get the feeling the entire range of gaming keyboards from all brands will likely be too loud.
So... the toss up is the Craft or the K780.
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Originally posted by RGlasel My son, the aspiring graphic designer/professional student/
non-contributing member of society, purchased the older version of a
medium Wacom Intuos Pro tablet a month before Christmas a few years ago, just after I bought the small version as a gift for him. You can program gestures as well as assigning a row of keys and you can even use the stylus to do creative stuff. I'm assuming you are already using two monitors, that's the biggest leap in productivity for LR and PS currently available.
Yeh like i said, not sure about needing the brush strokes, and those things are pretty expensive too, I mean... I think I either go with a cheaper K780 keyboard and a Medium Wacom or just stick with the mouse and then the Advanced Craft (logitech).
I use one monitor, a 43 inch 4k panel however. Curiously I get less lag if I have LR and PS in a more windowed mode rather than full screen, but I toggle to fullscreen occasionally just to check on things better.
I gather the size of screen you use can also be relevant to the size of Wacom you need? Perhaps for my panel I need a large one?
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Be interesting to see this in action more. I'm not sure I am convinced quite yet, the 'tapping' of the knob looks a bit annoying tbh, I was just hoping that when you select/click many options to fiddle with sliders that you could simply just spin the dial instead. I use Topaz plugins a lot and I'm just not sure they will work at all with the dial...